– Officials in Two Rivers, Wisconsin decided to eliminate the city’s bicycle registration fee. The Police Chief supports the move saying officers can “better serve the community by waiving that fee and getting more licenses onto bikes.”

– If you’re looking for a way to stand out in the crowd as the weather gets warmer and more people get on their bikes, you might want to try one of the temporary bike tattoos found by the folks over at Urban Velo.

– And finally, if you’re looking for another accessory for the bike that has everything, you should have a look at Chalktrail, a bicycle- or scooter-mounted toy that would make a great addition to any bike train or ride through Sunday Parkways:

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Regarding the story about the guy who’s bike was stolen while in police custody: the police spokesperson kept saying the man “spat the dummy”, can someone explain what the heck that means? Is it a local colloquialism?

the guy from podcar does not say how heavy the car is, presumably not very, or how fast it could go, which is maybe a problem. also, not to tweak “middle of the road guy” or anything, while he introduces the video by saying the purpose of the podcar is to provide an alternative that “overcomes the few shortcomings of the bike,” he does not specify what these are. while he shows a model that holds four passengers, he does not show anything that would carry a wardrobe from ikea. so apparently he is not talking about hauling capacity. i have nothing to say about the lithium batteries, because i have no expertise there.

That NYT article is amazing. So are the comments, overwhelmingly from young people saying, yup, cars suck. Some made me LOL:

“I’d rather sit next to an unwashed homeless person every day on the train then ever walk into a car dealership again — especially if some wanker from MTV is going to tell me that my new gas-guzzler comes in strawberry, lemon, or blueberry.”

Regarding the Central Park improvements in NYC, it isn’t really that bold. That street is only open to cars from 8am -10am Mon-Fri. It was previously a one-way street, but this will makes it 2-way for bikes which is really useful, but it was used as two-way before (NYC has basically zero enforcement of street rules for cyclists).

On a more revolutionary note, the NYC is planning to install 2.6 miles of cycle tracks on 8th & 9th aves through the heart of midtown this year, extending existing cycle tracks northwards. The plan will connect Lower Manhattan directly to major destinations including the Port Authority Bus Terminal (200,000 people/day), Midtown, and Central Park. Thanks for the NYC coverage!

It may not reduce auto traffic much but I think it’s still “bold” in the sense that it’s a visible location and Central Park has been the site of NYPD enforcement actions against people on bikes in the past.

It’s looking like I might get to NYC late in the summer of 2013. I’m really looking forward to riding around and checking out those cycle tracks!

Chalktrail looks really cool. Does that make me a kid? Sunday Parkways, Bridge pedal, even Zoobomb! Maybe I can get Mrs Dibbly to get one, too…

GM needs to plan for a much smaller market. Mrs Dibbly & I drove only 1000 miles last year, and that includes a trip to Sunriver for a professional association meeting. I used to be a car guy. I owned a couple of musclecars. I’ve done some drag racing & autocrossing. I have rebuilt engines, modified suspensions, all of that, but I realized that it wasn’t sustainable, so I left it when we came to Portland and moved downtown.

thanks for mentioning Bike Hour. Your site always generates so many blog views. This was just a trial running, with the poster out just two weeks in advance. We were blown away though, by the facebook response, and calls from media, etc.. Watch for posters in the lead up to the next one, on Sept 22. People muster at the end it they like, but generally go where they like and do their own thing.